The Joy of Connection
The connection I crave is the connection I avoid. I’ve been noticing this a lot lately. Every time I feel disconnected from life and myself, I’ll scroll through Instagram and […]
The connection I crave is the connection I avoid. I’ve been noticing this a lot lately. Every time I feel disconnected from life and myself, I’ll scroll through Instagram and […]
It started with eyeing up bends in the road, realising how easy it would be to lose control and crash. I was caught between fear and desire. Then kitchen knives […]
I can only write about this looking back. When I was going through it, I was only capable of going through it. I’m still going through it, to be honest, […]
She alternates between rushing in and pulling back. She makes up rules, plans for what ifs, writes long lists of pros and cons, even pretend control is a comfort. He […]
She tried to keep her eyes closed. She wanted to walk through the world blind, she thought life would be easier that way. She kept bumping into people sharp edges […]
Event 1: In March I was in the middle of a major project for work when my mum was admitted to hospital. The doctors were worried she may have had […]
There are so many problems. It seems like a complicated mathematical equation, adding and subtracting all the reasons why you aren’t happy. Too much of this, too little of that. […]
For much of my life, I’ve had a pretty complicated and sometimes unhealthy relationship with my biological father. There have been many times when I’ve needed him to be my Dad […]
We are creatures of habit. This can sometimes feel stifling and stale. Other times it’s a well-loved, worn-to-softness security blanket we wrap around ourselves for comfort. In a world where […]
My family, like most families, has it’s share of crazy. We’re pretty nutty by conventional standards. We like to call it humanness. My father is a big kid who likes […]